The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Lorient, the bucket-list move is Carnac Megaliths & Saint-Goustan Port: Private Half-Day. Alignements of Carnac runs it. Below: 2 bucket-list things to do on a Lorient port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Walk among 3,000-year-old standing stones at Carnac — Europe's greatest megalithic site — then drift into the medieval harbour village of Saint-Goustan. Mystical, ancient, and utterly irreplaceable.
Book itCarnac Tour: Megalithic Marvels and La Trinite Sur Mer$9 per person
Run by Alignements of Carnac · 4.40 from 22,000 reviews
Descend into one of the largest Nazi submarine bunkers ever built, right in Lorient's harbour — a monumental, haunting relic of WWII. With a private historian guide, the story comes alive in extraordinary depth.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Board a real Cold War French submarine, then step into the world of ocean racing legend Éric Tabarly at the visionary Cité de la Voile. Two iconic Lorient experiences, one remarkable day on the water's edge.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Follow Gauguin's footsteps in the flower-draped village of Pont-Aven, then explore the walled island citadel of Concarneau — two of Brittany's most enchanting artistic and maritime treasures in one private day.
Book itConcarneau: guided tour of the town center, walled city, history & landscapes$57 per person
Ride inland to fairy-tale Josselin, where a 14th-century château rises directly from the Oust River in one of France's most dramatic medieval silhouettes. An experience straight from the pages of legend.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Slip the dock aboard a privately chartered sailing yacht and glide across the magnificent Rade de Lorient — one of the great natural roadsteads of Europe and the very cradle of French offshore racing. Pure, unhurried luxury on the water.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Your day in LorientNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
$0for two, booked direct
Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
